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Life's a Witch by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsLife's a witch . .. and then you die. Bay Winchester is living the witch part – literally. She’s hoping to avoid the dying part. The Winchester world is full of trouble when great-aunt Willa and cousin Rosemary come to town. It’s clear they’re up to something, but no one can figure out what. Aunt Tillie is loading for bear... -
Last Witch Attempt by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBay Winchester thinks the only thing on her to-do list is a memory spell to make Aunt Tillie’s archnemesis forget all the bad things that have happened to her in recent months. When the spell almost backfires thanks to an error on Aunt Tillie’s part, things almost spiral out of control and she’s annoyed... -
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Sinister Snack Attack by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsStormy Morgan should be on top of the world. She’s engaged, about to move into her dreamhouse, and her magic is stabilizing. In fact, she’s becoming one heckuva witch. Too bad trouble keeps finding her. This time it comes in the form of a gang of kids who appear to be stealing cars from various townsfolk. It’s become a big enough issue that everybody in town is becoming unnerved, paranoid even... -
Wicked Brew by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThistle Winchester is at her witchy wit’s end. Great-Aunt Tillie is selling wine at the curb of The Overlook – like it’s a lemonade stand – and her mother and aunts are about to burn someone at the stake. Unfortunately, it’s up to her and cousin Bay to put out the fire. When the two cousins take a stand, they’re interrupted by the arrival of an injured and dazed little girl... -
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Chameleon's Challenge by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLibby's chameleon mutation has led to a lucrative career as a thief and assassin. She normally doesn't worry about the comfort of corporate executives, but when she stumbles onto the grisly murder of a rich man's mistress, it gets her attention. The murder leads Libby to believe her best friend's life is in danger, and she vows to protect her... -
Chameleon's Death Dance by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsEven a chameleon can be a target. Libby makes her money as a thief and an assassin, but a girl has to have a cover. To her surprise, her business installing security systems in 23rd century Toronto is taking off, as is her romance with Wil—North America’s top cop. Then an insurance company hires her to recover a fortune in stolen art and jewelry... -
The Ghost and the Bride by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsFamily and friends gather at Marlow House for Ian and Lily’s wedding. When an unexpected guest shows up Danielle tries to figure out who he arrived with and why. Did I mention the unexpected guest is a ghost? -
Trouble Play by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis desert oasis has gone to the dogs, and Vista de Lirio is about to get bloody. (Not the dogs though. The dogs are fine. ). Comedian Evy Lane thought she’d done it all, but taking on the role of mistress of ceremonies for the Desert Fancy Dog Show may be her most challenging gig yet... -
The Ghost of Second Chances by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen Clint Marlow's partner in crime is found murdered in the basement of Marlow House, Clint is the likely suspect. The only problem, Clint is dead. But that doesn't matter to the FBI agents investigating the case. Clint looks alive to them. Meanwhile, Danielle’s housemate Walt is coming to terms with his new reality, which is complicated with the FBI underfoot... -
The Ghost and the Baby by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhile the residents on Beach Drive prepare for the welcomed arrival of a new baby, they are blindsided by the newest resident’s plans to close down Marlow House. No one is prepared for the deadly secrets the new neighbor unwittingly conceals. Walt knows more than he realizes. If he can just remember. -
The Ghost Who Lied by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIan has lived across the street from Marlow House for over a year and has no idea Walt Marlow is his neighbor. All that is about to change. (Did I mention—Walt Marlow is a ghost. ). -
Mirror Obscure by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIs this desert oasis a shelter or a trap? Dr. Vivian Wei is juggling multiple life changing events when her aging mother witnesses a violent death on the thirteenth tee. The only problem? There doesn’t seem to be a crime to go along with the witness. As an empath, Vivian knows her mother is telling the truth, but feelings don’t prove a murder... -
Aces Wilde by Jenn Stark
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B01IMIA8I0. Never play the game without an Ace up your sleeve. During her years of finding and selling artifacts on the arcane black market, Tarot reader Sara Wilde has made a bona fide killing. Now, as the recently appointed head of an ancient Connected syndicate, she's forced to take a truly deadly role in the war on magic... -
The Ghost and the Mystery Writer by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA killer strikes under Frederickport Pier. Before dawn the next morning, Marlow House’s celebrity guest, mystery author Hillary Hemingway, is busy writing about the crime for her upcoming novel—including details that only the real killer would know. Coincidence? If so, it isn’t the first time. -
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Destiny by P.T. Michelle
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen destiny is on the line, will love be enough to light the way? In order to save Ethan, Nara gets pulled deeper into his dark world, where everything she thought she knew about Ethan and herself turns on its head... -
The Ghost Who Dream Hopped by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOfficer Brian Henderson knows there is something just not right about Walt Marlow, and he’s determined to find out what it is. Meanwhile, Beverly’s dead husband visits Danielle in a dream hop, telling her about his wife’s part in his death. Can Danielle convince Brian to stop worrying about Walt and be a little more concerned about his new girlfriend, Beverly? -
The Grey God by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Grey God Darian can’t quite shake off the dark streak remaining after the thousands of years he spent enslaved by evil – or the memory of how the only woman he loved betrayed him. When given a second chance at life and love, Darian struggles to leave his past behind, before it destroys his future... -
Final Battle by Michael R. Hicks
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn the third book of the In Her Redemption trilogy, Reza Gard awakens in a hospital on Earth after having been in a coma for months. Charged with murder and high treason, he finds himself the scapegoat for a daring plot to assassinate the President of the Confederation... -
A Grimoire Grump by Kat Healy
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey’ve found me. The hearth and its color-changing flames have made that abundantly clear, but apparently the “they” could be anyone: whoever just got nailed by Flora’s protection wards, the human strangers in town with their fae-like markings, the rival coven, or even my own family... -
Forever Wilde by Jenn Stark
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B01N02I70Q. Nothing lasts forever. .. if you're lucky. Life has never been smoother for Tarot-reading artifact hunter Sara Wilde. With a worldwide criminal organization at her beck and call, she can finally secure the safety of the youngest and most vulnerable members of the psychic community... -
The Guardian by Elicia Hyder
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe mission was supposed to be simple:. Get in. Save the girl. Get the hell out. But Warren Parish knows nothing is simple with demons involved, and storming the gates of Hell will be no exception. An innocent woman is trapped in Nulterra, but this journey is so much more than a rescue mission... -
The Ghost Who Wasn't by Bobbi Holmes
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen a local heiress goes missing, Danielle discovers it’s not always possible to distinguish the living from the dead. To complicate matters, it seems Danielle is not the only one who communicates with spirits. Her new guest claims to hear Walt. But, something’s not quite right with Marlow House’s newest medium. Danielle must move quickly before her best friend joins the spirit world. -
A Witch’s Demons by N.E. Conneely
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFor months Michelle has known another demon would come after her. What she doesn’t know is that it’s already stalking her friends, hunting her colleagues. Instead, her attention has been focused on learning all she can about witch clans, the engagement ring on her finger, and why Elron won’t set a wedding date. Elron has a secret, one he’s afraid could ruin his relationship with Michelle... -
Assassin's Match by Everly Frost
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy magic is broken. His heart is unreachable. Falling in love was never my intention. Especially not with the formidable Master Assassin, Alexei Mason. When Alexei stepped into my life, he tore through every defense around my heart. .. until the moment I discovered his bitter secret. Now I must risk everything for a love he can't return... -
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Wicked And Wilde by Jenn Stark
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B01DO5JTBS. Hell hath no fury. .. Tarot reader Sara Wilde has spent her whole life finding the lost with the use of her trusty cards--from missing kids to shifty criminals to ancient, arcane artifacts. But when her newest assignment sends her straight to Hell, she discovers more than she bargained for... -
Wilde Child by Jenn Stark
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B06XCV68S2. Come away, O human child. .. No matter the job, no matter the client, Tarot-reading magical artifacts hunter Sara Wilde has only one hard-and-fast rule: protect the children. But the newest strain of technoceutical drugs--specifically designed to alter psychic children's DNA--has thrown the arcane black market into a frenzy... -
Thorns of Decision by Breeana Puttroff
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsQuinn Robbins was prepared for her mother to be angry. After all, she'd disappeared for two days without warning; to visit the world on the other side of the Dusk Gate that nobody else knows exists. What she wasn't prepared for was seeing her mother calmly sitting there, waiting for her return, as if Megan Robbins somehow knew the secret, too... -
Ghost Market by Angela Roquet
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSoul-searching is a dirty business. In the wake of a thwarted war, Lana Harvey is more than ready for an extended vacation on the new houseboat she shares with the Lord of the Flies, but when the leaderless rebels begin poaching souls and selling them on the Ghost Market, Lana is tasked with heading up a new reaper unit to stop them... -
Fated by Sarah Fine
Aislin Ferry and Jason Moros have only days until they will be called to account before the Keepers of the Afterlife. Yet as they race to restore order and make their case, their worlds fall into total disarray. Mutiny within the fractured Ferry family threatens Aislin’s hold on power and role as Charon. Meanwhile, the fearsome Lord of the Kere has family trouble of his own... -
The Ghost Who Loved Diamonds by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEverything is right on track for Danielle as she prepares for the grand opening of her bed and breakfast. All that changes when her cousin, Cheryl, shows up to claim her share of the inheritance—housemate Lily figures out there is a ghost in the house—and the million dollar necklace goes missing... -
Treoir Dragon Chronicles of the Belador World: Book 4 by Dianna Love
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn TÅμr Medb’s library, Casidhe discovers she doesn’t know Daegan at all. While Daegan battles to survive a satyr attack, a preternatural being offers him a chance to live, but at a price only a dying man would take. Reese is blindsided by the one person she thought she could depend upon at her worst moment... -
Murder by Magic by Gretchen Galway
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI should’ve known the birthday party for a 113-year-old witch wasn’t going to be all cake and games. Especially with so many other witches around—and that scary magic wand. I’d been desperate for a vacation from the rain on the California coast. But instead of snow and cocoa in a cozy mountain cabin, I got… a dead body. And the murder weapon wasn’t a candlestick in the billiard room... -
Second Chance Spirit by Carrie Pulkinen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe'll give her his heart. .. if the ghost doesn't take it first. Trent Austin is a successful, big-city lawyer. The last thing he needs is the burden of a run-down house in the suburbs. But when his crazy uncle dies and leaves his estate to Trent, he soon learns he's inherited a lot more than a Victorian mansion... -
Shadows and Souls by Ashley Beasley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere’s a vicious creature stalking the streets of St. Louis, and it seems intent on ripping the denizens of the magical community to shreds. Now Eve must figure out how to find a creature that doesn’t leave a trace…. After spending months recovering from a violent fight with a Fae creature, necromancer Eve Williams is ready to get back to work... -
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Realms of Spells and Vampires by J.S. Malcom
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUnless I want a vampire for a sister, I better learn to trust one as a friend. There I was thinking saving Faerie had been challenging. Compared to what I'm up against now, fighting with the rebels to topple the Seelie regime seems like a walk in the park... -
A Witch's Rite by N.E. Conneely
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMichelle is getting used to her new life, one with clans, parents, a loving grandmother, and a boyfriend. But her old responsibilities are still around. The police still need her help, and balancing all her obligations is becoming more difficult, but police cases won’t wait for anyone, and when the police call, she has to answer. It starts out like any other case... -
The Necromancer's Betrayal by Becca Andre
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAll Elysia wants is a normal life. A life free of magic and her family’s expectations. The last thing she wants is to be a practicing necromancer. That changes when Elysia meets a dead man. His presence so close to her home can’t be a coincidence. Throw in his polite demeanor and good looks, and she knows another necromancer is messing with her...Categorized as:
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Running Wilde by Jenn Stark
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B076YMVH5J. It's not about the cards you're dealt. .. Mistress of the House of Swords Sara Wilde finds herself the rising star of Interpol's Most Wanted list—accused of acts of supernatural terrorism and psychic manipulation, a new category of offenses clearly created just for her... -
Blood of the White Witch by Lacey Weatherford
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen love came knocking on the door of novice witch, Portia Mullins, in the form of handsome bad boy, Vance Mangum, she had no idea how quickly the attraction between them would escalate. Now she finds her relationship with Vance taken to a whole new level, in a way she had never dreamed possible at this point and time of her life... -
Call of the Wilde by Jenn Stark
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHello darkness, my old friend…. Still recovering from an explosive family get-together, Tarot-reading mistress of the House of Swords Sara Wilde isn’t ready to return to the war on magic. Then the Magician of the Arcana Council uses her to summon an ancient Greek deity for his own devious purposes, and Sara’s suddenly up to her elbows in oversized egos and millennia-old conflicts... -
The Ghost and the Leprechaun by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEveryone knows leprechauns are just make believe. But wait, isn’t that what they say about ghosts? -
Serpent's Game by Pippa DaCosta
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMore than darkness. .. Reeling from the revelations discovered in Egypt, Ace Dante is on a knife-edge, but the gods aren’t going to wait for him to come to terms with the truth. Ancient and deadly beasts straight out of the underworld are targeting Nick “Cujo” Jones and his daughter. There doesn’t seem to be a connection to Ace, until a mysterious and familiar box turns up... -
Magic for a Price by Devon Monk
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFor most of her life, Allison Beckstrom has used magic and accepted the heavy price it exacts. But now that all magic is poisoned, it’s no longer just using people—it’s killing them. With Portland about to descend into chaos, Allie needs to find a way to purify the wells of tainted magic beneath the city...Categorized as:
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Storm Kissed by Jessica Andersen
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDez is no angel. The former gangbanger spent years in jail and alienated the love of his life, Reese Montana. Now he has a second chance to join forces with the Nightkeepers and master the Triad magic. Even better, Reese is back—taken on as the Nightkeepers' sexy bounty hunter. But this time, the stakes are even higher for Dez and Reese... -
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The Ghost Who Wanted Revenge by Bobbi Holmes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith his dying breath, Stoddard Gusarov names his killer: Danielle Boatman. Danielle had a score to settle with Stoddard Gusarov, but murder him? Never. Proving to the police she is innocent is the least of her problems. She has an angry spirit to contend with, the ghost of Stoddard Gusarov-and he's out for revenge. (Large Print). -
Null and Void by Susan Copperfield
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here and here. In the Royal States of America, magic rules all, but life—and love—always finds a way. Born without magic, Mackenzie Little has few prospects. In a futile attempt to break her out of the null caste, her mother ropes her into participating in a charity auction, where anything can be bought with enough money... -
Edge Lines by Ava Marie Salinger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Gods have come to San Francisco…. Cassius Black and Morgan King’s trip to Ivory Peaks to uncover clues about their past takes an unexpected turn when a rift materializes and war demons attack the capital... -
A Gift of Time by Sarah Wynde
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe thought she could see everything. Time is proving her wrong. Ten years ago, Natalya’s ability to remember the future cost her the life she wanted when her vision of her fiancé’s death tore them apart. Ever since, she's considered her precognition more of a curse than a gift... -
Conjuring A Coroner Box Set 1 by S.C. Stokes
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDeath comes for us all and he’s dying to meet you. It’s the one rendezvous you’d rather be late for. Fortunately, Kasey is never on time. A Medical Examiner for the city of New York, Kasey has a rare gift: prescience. Born a witch, she considered her gift nothing more than an affliction that forced her to see terrible visions of those she touched. But her new job changed all that... -
Boneyard Thief by L.A. McBride
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSixteen was supposed to be about fast cars and first kisses, not plotting a heist that might get me killed. As a scrawny goat shifter in a pack of werewolves, my role is to get into places they can’t go. The alpha who took me in after my parents died molded me into a master thief. For four long years, he’s lined his pockets, while I’ve taken all the risks...Categorized as:
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